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31 Aug 2004 | Broadband help on way for rural Australia
People in the agricultural sector who are frustrated by slow Internet connections have been given a reassurance that an improvement is on the way. ...... FULL STORY
31 Aug 2004 | Restructure blues for Bonlac
Bonlac Foods has recorded a net loss of $83 million for the year to June 30, compared with a net profit of $18.1 million the previous year. ...... FULL STORY
30 Aug 2004 | Dairy makes a brand name for itself
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory has achieved sales revenue of $10 million-$20 million with its first branded product, Sungold milk. ...... FULL STORY
30 Aug 2004 | Farmers eye oil for poll
Farmers worried about new oil price highs as they passed the $US50-a-barrel mark last week - and some market analysts are starting to tip a $US60 barrel price. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2004 | Gunns to spread its roots
Timber company Gunns Ltd is targeting interstate expansion and the development of a pulp mill in its home state of Tasmania, following strong demand for its forestry products. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2004 | Farmers get new drought bail-out
Australia is facing an additional $300 million in assistance to farmers in Queensland and western NSW, where poor rains are threatening to devastate Winter crops and crush hopes of a rural recovery. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2004 | Rural Press lifts dividend
Rural Press has gone against the drought and posted a 27.3 per cent rise in net profit after tax to a record $87.1 million, with sales up 9.8 per cent to $515.6 million. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2004 | NZ legal threat over new wine tax rebate
New Zealand may make a legal challenge to the tax rebate granted to Australian wine makers in this year's Federal Budget. ...... FULL STORY
26 Aug 2004 | Shops urged to list farm prices
The Victorian Farmers' Federation has started a campaign to encourage supermarkets to place farm gate prices next to the shop prices of milk and vegetables. ...... FULL STORY
25 Aug 2004 | No win for bank in Games ads
ANZ Bank is spending about $1 million on TV advertisements during Seven Network's coverage of the Olympic Games, telling viewers it's listening to customers and opening rural branches. ...... FULL STORY
24 Aug 2004 | Ernst & Young Weekly Food & Agribusiness Report
- News Highlights
- Wool
- Livestock
- Crops
- Cotton and Sugar
- Rural & Agribusiness Stocks
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23 Aug 2004 | Lean, green farming beats oil price rise
Soaring oil prices may be bad news for Australia's farmers, but things could have been a lot worse had they not changed crop-farming techniques for environmental reasons. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2004 | Fresh SPC salvo at FTA
SPC Ardmona has fired new criticism at the US-Australia free trade agreement, with chairman Nigel Garrard saying it's worthless to Australia's fruit growers. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2004 | CBA concedes business banking changes will cut jobs
The Commonwealth Bank has admitted that a restructuring of its business banking division will lead to job cuts in support and back-office functions. ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2004 | CBA banking managers go walkabout
The Commonwealth Bank has taken business managers out of some NSW rural branches and replaced them with "travelling business banking specialists". ...... FULL STORY
17 Aug 2004 | US mad cow puts Australia in the black
Japan is Australia's most valuable export market for red meat: in 2003-2004, the combined total of beef, offal, processed beef, lamb and mutton exported to Japan was $2.05 billion - up 31 per cent on 2002-2003. ...... FULL STORY
17 Aug 2004 | Wheat prices going down
Good harvests in the northern hemisphere are driving down the price of wheat, says AWB. ...... FULL STORY
16 Aug 2004 | Livecorp cash worry
Livecorp is in danger of running out of funds, after Parliament failed to pass legislation that would place a mandatory levy on producers. ...... FULL STORY
16 Aug 2004 | Cattle boom beefs up the bush
A growing number of Queensland and Northern Territory rural families have been quietly transformed into multi-millionaires due to the property boom over the past year. ...... FULL STORY
11 Aug 2004 | No future for bank wool arm
Wool brokers have been left stunned by Macquarie Bank's decision to close its wool futures business. ...... FULL STORY
10 Aug 2004 | Rural commodity prices ease as rainfall deficit continues in SE Aust
The Westpac-NFF rural commodity price index eased 2.3 per cent in July. ...... FULL STORY
10 Aug 2004 | Wheat crop looks good, but prices are falling
Enough rain has fallen in recent months to put Australia back on track for a record grain crop but conditions in Europe and the US are also good, which means pressure on prices. ...... FULL STORY
6 Aug 2004 | Awash with wheat
The major barrier to any improvement in wheat prices is a forecast increase in world production. ...... FULL STORY
5 Aug 2004 | NFF says rural policy deficient
A lack of co-ordinated Federal Government policy is holding back rural Australia, National Farmers' Federation president Peter Corish says. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2004 | Stock predator is circling farmers
Stockmarket predator David Tweed has approached farmers with shares in United Grower Holdings, which is a merger candidate with ABB Grain. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2004 | Elders aims for strong growth
Elders Rural Bank has reported a 15 per cent rise in net profit to $21.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2004. ...... FULL STORY
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